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Using Templates: Shape/Photo Masks using the clipping mask in Photoshop

Using Templates: Shape/Photo Masks using the clipping mask in Photoshop

The most basic thing you can do with the shape mask templates from this site is use them as clipping masks, and add any paper to their shape. This tutorial is the same for clipping a photo to a photo mask.

What you need:

a shape mask or photo mask

any digital paper or your photo

Open your shape mask in the canvas you want to work in.

Add your paper to a layer above the shape mask.

Right click on the paper layer and choose "create clipping mask."

This will clip your paper to the layer below, which is your shape mask.

Thanks for the tip, I'm still trying to get comfortable with GIMP's equivalent masking layer. Just today was trying to figure out if there's an easy way to change the paper out after you've built the photo mask...still not sure in Gimp but I did try the selection to mask feature. Not sure that I've got it fully figured out might have been some glitches, so I'm looking forward to playing with it some more. That cutout challenge is giving me a lot of ways to apply the mask feature.